Finnish court sentences Nigerian separatist leader to six years

Simon Ekpa, who leads the banned Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) from Finland, received a six-year prison sentence for terrorism, tax fraud, and ethical violations. The Finnish court found that Ekpa promoted Nigerian regional independence through illegal means and supplied weapons to groups responsible for hundreds of killings and abductions in southeastern Nigeria. IPOB has enforced weekly economic shutdowns since 2021 following the arrest of founder Nnamdi Kanu, resulting in 700 deaths and $4.79 billion in economic losses. The group seeks to revive the failed Biafran secession that triggered Nigeria’s 1967-1970 civil war, which killed at least 3 million people.

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